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Emergency Plan of Action (Epoa) TONGA: Cyclone Gita Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) TONGA: Cyclone Gita DREF n° MDRTO001 Glide n° TC-2018-000102-TON Date of issue: 16 February 2018 Expected timeframe: 3.5 months Expected end date: 31 May 2018 Category allocated to the of the disaster: YELLOW 1 DREF allocated: 296, 517 CHF Total number of people affected: 87,000 people Number of people to be assisted: 18,000 people Host National Society presence (n° of volunteers, staff, branches): Tonga Red Cross Society has 154 Emergency Response Trained volunteers, 3 branches and its headquarters located in Tongatapu, 17 staff and two out of these staff are RDRT trained. Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners actively involved in the operation: The National Society is working with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), partner National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Other partner organizations actively involved in the operation: National Emergency Management Office (NEMO), Ministry of Internal Affairs, Oxfam, World Vision, Caritas, and churches A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Cyclone Gita was initially monitored over the Pacific waters as a Tropical Depression 07F (TD07F) analyzed southeast of Vanuatu. TD07F was later upgraded to a Tropical Cyclone Category 1 as it moved South South-East affecting Samoa with heavy rain causing flooding, and gusty winds of up to 39-54 miles per hour on Friday 9 February 2018. Cyclone Gita was updated as a Category 2 as it moved towards Niue on Saturday 10 February. As of early Monday morning 12 February 2018, the system intensified to a Category 4 when it crossed Tonga during the night between February 12 and 13. Close to the center Cyclone Gita was packing average winds of 110 knots (285km/hour), making it one of the worst cyclones to have ever hit the island nation in recorded history. Tonga Red Cross assessing household damages. A State of Emergency was declared by the Photo: Gemma Snowdon, IFRC Government of Tonga at 10 am on Monday 12 February for initially one month. Upon this declaration, a direct request from the Tongan government went to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Division for Foreign Affairs of the Australian government for initial support and non-food items relief supplies. Preliminary damage 1 Based on the IFRC Secretariat’s Operational Response Framework. This categorization implies that the response intervention is within the capacity of the National Society of an affected country to manage with resources available in-country. If requested, the IFRC country office may provide any necessary technical or management support to the National Society, and if required, the IFRC regional office may support the mobilization of regional disaster response tools, with Geneva supporting the allocation of Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF). P a g e | 2 assessment reports mention about 70 per cent of the population are affected. The worst affected areas are Tongatapu (where the capital of the country Nukuʻalofa is situated), Ha’apai and Eua islands. A cyclone alert was also issued for the Southern Lau Island Group, Kadavu and smaller islands in Fiji, and neighbouring countries Vanuatu, New Caledonia and New Zealand are monitoring the system closely. Summary of the current response Overview of Host National Society Tonga Red Cross Society (TRCS) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1981, making it an auxiliary to the authorities. The National Society has a total of 154 emergency response trained (ERT) volunteers, 17 staff and presence in 80 per cent of the country through its community volunteers and three branches. The National Society has limited experience with managing a DREF operation, however it had recent experience managing emergency response from the 2014 Tropical Cyclone Ian that devastated mainly the Ha’apai group. TRCS is liaising closely with the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. TRCS has a disaster management unit. The disaster manager will take the lead for the operation, with technical support provided from the IFRC country cluster support team (CCST) and regional office. TRCS cooperates with government departments, particularly in the fields of disaster preparedness, relief and health. TRCS is represented on the national coordinating body for disasters. The government national disaster plan recognizes TRCS as a provider of relief and assistance in emergency and recovery. TRCS has its own disaster plan and an annual plan of action. It has a disaster management officer (DMO) who coordinates preparedness and response activities. TRCS’ has a core group of volunteers who are trained in emergency response supporting the TRCS role in responding to disasters through needs assessments, the delivery of First Aid, psychosocial support and relief distribution to the Tongan community. TRCS provides regular first aid training and disaster awareness throughout the country. In 2007-2008 TRCS undertook the Preparedness for Climate Change Programme, during which TRCS engaged in vulnerability and capacity assessments (VCA) at the community level for the first time. Following a tsunami in 2009, TRCS developed a community-based project focusing on mangrove planting in Niuatoputapu, and has invested in the development of its branches with support from its partners. TRCS’ territorial coverage is primarily on the islands of Tongatapu. It has limited branch activity in rural areas and outer islands; however, after TC Ian in 2014, with support from the Japanese Red Cross Society, TRCS built its branch in Haapai and with ongoing support from Australian Red Cross recruited three Branch Officers in Charge (OIC) in Haapai, Eua and Vava’u enabling programme activities being undertaken from its headquarters in Nuku’alofa to have a much broader coverage of about 60 per cent of the whole country. The National Society operates a school and services for the disabled and hearing impaired. It has approximately 300 members, primarily youth, and about 17 staff, including for its services to the disabled. TRCS have prepositioned relief supplies in 14 sites across the country – five sites in Tongatapu; five sites in Ha’apai; one site in Eua island; 1 site in Vava’u island and 2 sites in the far northern Nuia islands. At each site, TRCS volunteers have been trained in basic logistics processes to facilitate and track the transport of pre-positioned NFIs to distribution sites. The TRCS pre-positioned stocks could serve the needs of up to 2,000 households across the country, but shipping and transport constraints mean that not all stocks are easily transported between locations. The main inter- island transport routes are from Tongatapu island (where the capital is situated) to other parts of the country via sea and air with regular schedules to most locations twice a week (except only once a month to the far northern Nuias). TRCS has a truck, a van and a banana boat in Ha’apai branch that can be utilised to support operations. Overview of Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in country National Societies in the Pacific, along with the IFRC country cluster support team (CCST) in Suva and partner National Societies, have been in regular communication and on high alert since this tropical cyclone was sighted by the Fiji Meteorological. The IFRC Suva CCST organized several teleconferences for concerned partners, including a partners' teleconference to better coordinate the Movement-wide response. The IFRC CCST continues to closely liaise with TRCS, providing support for information management (including preparation of situation reports) and international relations management. To date, the IFRC CCST has supported TRCS in posting a DMIS update, an Information Bulletin, and has coordinated extensive social media and media coverage of Red Cross references to Cyclone Gita in more than 100 international news articles. P a g e | 3 CCST Suva is coordinating with partner National Societies and deploying technical support under sectors such as shelter, WASH, health and psychosocial support, finance, logistics and PMER, communications and media to Tonga supporting the efforts of the local volunteers and staff of Tonga Red Cross Society. The operation is supported by the Pacific operations coordinator from the Asia Pacific regional office arriving in Fiji on 13 February 2018 providing coordination support to CCST Suva. An IT&T emergency response unit (ERU) has been prepared on standby to be deployed to restore communications if needed in Nukualofa, the capital of Tonga. IFRC has launched a DREF operation, in support of TRCS, providing immediate funding for initial needs assessment, WASH, Health, Shelter and distribution of prepositioned non-food relief items. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regional delegation in Suva, together with the National Societies promote international humanitarian law (IHL) and raises other humanitarian issues with governments, security forces, academic circles, the media and civil society. The ICRC assists communities affected by conflict and visits detainees. It helps National Societies build their capacity in the fields of communication, dissemination and restoring family links and supports them in keeping their legal base updated. Overview of non-RCRC actors in country High commission offices for New Zealand and Australia are present in the capital Nukualofa alongside the embassies of China and Japan. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade specifically has a post in Nukualofa to assist in mobilising support to the Government of Tonga. Caritas, Save the Children, Oxfam, and UNDP have a local presence with support from their country offices in Suva, Fiji. Coordinating with the authorities The Tongan government is leading the emergency response. The National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) is coordinating efforts and has activated the national and district Emergency Operations Centres (EOC). The TRCS coordinates closely with the NDMO and is a participant in the high level National Disaster Council, which is currently chaired by the Tonga acting Prime Minister.
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